2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Muhammad had beaten her own world record set just two months earlier by .04. She ran 52.16. McLaughlin had run the #3 time in history, 52.23. The only thing separating the two was Muhammad's previous world record run. Just as in the 1995 World Championships, two American hurdlers had pushed each other to be the #1 and 2 performers in history.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semifinal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 50 kilometres walk
The women's 50 kilometres walk  at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 50 kilometres walk, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
The first five in each heat (Q) and the next five fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
The new IAAF testosterone rule was essentially aimed at this event. The defending champion, silver medalist and 4th place from 2017, the same athletes as the Olympic podium from 2016, were denied entry into this race.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
From the gun in the final, Ajeé Wilson ran with purpose to take the lead at the break and control the race. Natoya Goule and Raevyn Rogers fell in line behind her. Around the second turn, Halimah Nakaayi ran around Rogers who slowed to become a blocking force in the pack, dropping back as far as next to last just after the bell. Winnie Nanyondo led the charge to bridge the new gap behind the three leaders. Down the backstretch, Goule started to challenge Wilson. Wilson ran hard to hold her off.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
Instead Goule was passed by the two Ugandans, Nakaayi on the inside and Nanyondo on the outside. Through the final turn Nakaayi worked her way up to Wilson's shoulder, shadowed by Nayondo. The diminutive Nakaayi executed the classic pass off the turn. Wilson had no answer. Nayondo was not gaining, but from seventh place at the head of the home stretch, Rogers was sprinting down lane 4, passing Nayondo, passing Wilson and getting to within a metre of Nakaayi before the finish.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Summary
In the finals, Feng Bin threw 62.48m as the first thrower in the ring. The next thrower was world leader Yaime Pérez, who promptly took the lead with a 68.10m. Three throwers later, defending champion and double Olympic champion Sandra Perković threw 66.72m to take over second place. Those three held their positions until the end of the second round, when 2015 champion Denia Caballero dropped in a 66.80m to move into silver position. In fact, the three over 66 and a half metres would be the only ones over 63.50m all day. Caballero improved her position with a 67.32m in the third then took the lead with a 68.44m in the fourth round. Her teammate Pérez answered in the fifth round with the winner 69.17 m (226 ft 11 in).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Summary
In the absence of world record holder Anita Włodarczyk, who has dominated hammer throwing since 2012, this was the first major championship opportunity for someone else. With the defending champion recovering from knee surgery, world leader DeAnna Price seized the opportunity on the second throw of the competition with a 76.87m that nobody would beat all day, except Price, who threw her best of 77.54 m (254 ft 4 in) in the third round.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Summary
The next thrower into the ring was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Joanna Fiodorow, who tried to pick up the slack, throwing her personal best 76.35m which dominated everybody else. Zalina Petrivskaya's first throw of the competition was dropped to third place after the first three throwers. She maintained that position until the middle of the fifth round when Wang Zheng's 74.76m grabbed bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's  heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, 100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles event was started on 2 October at 17:05.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, High jump
The high jump event was started on 2 October at 18:15.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, Shot put
The shot put event was started on 2 October at 20:30.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, 200 metres
The 200 metres event was started on 2 October at 20:30.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, Long jump
The long jump event was started on 3 October at 18:15.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, Javelin throw
The javelin throw event was started on 3 October at 18:15.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, Results, 800 metres
The 800 metres event was started on 4 October at 00:05.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Summary
As might have been predictable, the six members of the female two metres club were the last six left in the competition at 2 metres. The newest member Karyna Demidik saved one attempt, but missed. First over was defending champion Mariya Lasitskene, who still had a clean round going. That was matched by Vashti Cunningham also maintaining a clean round. After two misses, returning silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko made it over. Returning bronze medalist Kamila Lićwinko was not so lucky and exited the competition. Next up, 17-year old, newly tied U20 record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh got over.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Summary
At 2.02m, Lasitskene continued her perfect series. Cunningham missed, and then Mahuchikh got over to set a new U20 record. Neither Levchenko or Cunningham could get over, leaving Cunningham with the bronze. At 2.04m, Lasitskene still remained perfect. After two misses, Mahuchikh got over again, setting a second new U20 record in the same competition; a 4 cm personal improvement. That was it, as Lasitskene had the advantage. Mahuchikh, with silver in her pocket, chose not to continue for a third personal best. Lasitskene took three failed attempts at 2.08m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Summary
On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Summary
In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a 66.56 m (218 ft 4 in) to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Schedule, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties  (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Summary
Throughout the 2019 season, only 3 athletes were able to jump over 7 metres, led by Malaika Mihambo who had been there in 6 out of 10 competitions. One of the others was defending champion Brittney Reese, who didn't make it out of the qualifying round, leaving Ese Brume as Mihambo's strongest challenger.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Summary
On the first jump of the competition, Brume jumped 6.83m, then third up Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk came close to Brume with a 6.81m. At the end of the round, Abigail Irozuru jumped 6.64m to take over third place. Brume opened the second round by expanding her lead with a 6.91m. After two rounds Mihambo was languishing in seventh place with a 6.52m, which would ultimately prove to be inadequate to qualify for the final three jumps. On her third jump she went 7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Summary
It was her personal best and more than 20 cm beyond the personal best of everyone else in the field. Later in the competition, she had two more jumps that would have won the competition, the last equalling her previous world leading jump 7.16m. Those standings remained until near the end of the fifth round when Bekh-Romanchuk jumped 6.92m to take silver by a centimetre.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
The women's marathon was one of the road events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Due to the heat in Doha, the race was scheduled to begin at 23:59 on 27 September 2019, which made it the first midnight marathon in the history of the World Championships. Even with the unusual timing, the temperature was above 30 °C (86 °F) and the humidity over 70 per cent, making conditions difficult for running. Only 40 of the 68 entrants finished the race, which was won by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya in 2:32.43; the slowest winning time at the World Championships. Bahrain's Rose Chelimo was second in 2:33.46, with Helalia Johannes of Namibia third in 2:34.15.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
The marathon was held on Doha Corniche, and consisted of six laps of a roughly 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) floodlit course. A group of six runners broke away during the first half of the race; Chepngetich, Chelimo, Johannes, Lonah Salpeter, Edna Kiplagat, and Visiline Jepkesho. Salpeter and Jepkesho dropped back, reducing the leading group to four, and then Chepngetich and Chelimo vied for the lead. At the start of the final lap, Chepngetich opened a gap at the front, eventually winning by over a minute. All the top ten finishers qualified automatically for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Qualification
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics) announced the qualifying criteria for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in December 2018. For the women's marathon, the entry standard was 2:37:00, eight minutes quicker than had been required for the 2017 marathon. Alternatively, a top-10 finish at an IAAF Gold Label marathon, or a wild card entry as the reigning world champion would ensure qualification. Entry criteria had to be met during the qualification period: 7 March 2018 to 6 September 2019, inclusive.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Preview
Due to the hot conditions in Doha, the World Championships were scheduled in October, rather than the traditional August, and rather than holding the marathon during the day, it started at midnight local time to minimise the impact that the heat would have on the race, making it the first-ever night marathon at the World Championships. Despite these changes, the temperature was expected to be a key factor in the race: temperatures were predicted to be around 30 °C (86 °F), with humidity levels above 80 per cent.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Preview
In mitigation, the IAAF added extra water stations and medical staff along the route, as well as more ice baths at the finish. The course consisted of six laps of a floodlit roughly 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) course along the Doha Corniche, a waterfront promenade on Doha Bay. The loop started in front of the Amiri Diwan, and stretched to the Sheraton Hotel.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Preview
Athletes from Bahrain, Ethiopia and Kenya were considered the favourites to win. Bahrain's Rose Chelimo had won in 2017, but two of her teammates had run quicker in 2019: Desi Mokonin and Shitaye Eshete. Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya held the world-leading time for 2019: 2:17:08 in Dubai in January. Other entrants included Lonah Salpeter of Israel, who had won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 European Championships, and Helalia Johannes of Namibia, who had won the marathon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in hot conditions. On the day leading up to the race, two of the 70 entrants withdrew: Great Britain's Tish Jones was suffering with a muscle injury in her leg, while Nikolina Šustić of Croatia had suspected food poisoning.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Preview
Both the high temperatures, and the tactical nature of World Championship races, meant that it was not expected that any records would be set. Paula Radcliffe held the World Championship record of 2:20:57 achieved in 2005, while Mary Keitany held the overall women's world record (in women only races) of 2:17:01, set during the 2017 London Marathon.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Summary
The race was officially scheduled to start at 23:59 local time (UTC+3) on 27 September 2019; temperatures were higher than expected, at 32.7 °C (90.9 °F) and 73 per cent humidity. At the start of the race, Sardana Trofimova, a Russian runner cleared by the IAAF to run as an "Authorised Neutral Athlete", led the field. Around 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) into the race, which had 68 starters, a small pack broke away at the front, featuring Chepngetich, Chelimo, Salpeter, Edna Kiplagat, Visiline Jepkesho and Helalia Johannes.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Summary
Chepngetich attempted to break away at the 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) point, but she was soon caught again. Salpeter dropped back from the group, and fell away to around a minute behind them. By the halfway stage, 16 of the 68 starters had pulled out. Salpeter began closing the gap on the leading group, and was back within eleven seconds when she collapsed and had to withdraw from the race. Some of the athletes dropping out required medical attention: Sara Dossena of Italy needed a wheelchair, while Uganda's Linet Toroitich Chebet had to be taken away by an ambulance. All three of Ethiopia's athletes withdrew: their coach, Haji Adillo Roba, said, "We never would have run a marathon in these conditions in our own country."


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Summary
The leading group was reduced to four when Jepkesho fell back, and later Chepngetich and Chelimo moved away at the front. At the start of the final lap, Chepngetich was able to break away and opened up a gap to claim the gold medal. Her time of 2:32:43 was the slowest ever winning time at the World Championships. She finished just over a minute ahead of Chelimo, 2:33.46, while Johannes claimed the bronze medal in a time of 2:34.15. Only 40 of the 68 runners finished the race; and there were criticisms from many of the participants.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Summary
Volha Mazuronak, who finished fifth, said "It's disrespect towards the athletes. A bunch of high-ranked officials gathered and decided that it would take [the World Championships] here but they are sitting in the cool and they are probably sleeping right now." Roberta Groner, who was one place further back, said "The key was to finish and not hurt myself." Lyndsay Tessier had similar sentiments: "It was really scary and intimidating and daunting. I'm just really grateful to have finished standing up."


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Summary
Later in the day, the IAAF published a statement saying that no athletes had suffered heat stroke as a result of the race, and that the completion rate was similar to that seen in Tokyo in 1991 and Moscow in 2013. In total, they said that "Thirty athletes visited the Medical Centre as a precaution. A small number were kept under observation and one athlete was referred to the hospital for observation but later released."


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, Results
The final took place on 27 September at 23:59. The results were as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
During qualifications, 17 women made it to the final by clearing 4.60 m.  In the final, they started at 4.50 m but jumped next to 4.70 m, taking the field down to a dozen, nine still with clean rounds. At 4.80 m, six were over, but only Anzhelika Sidorova and Sandi Morris were still clean. At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean. Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman, and Holly Bradshaw could not get over the bar. Bradshaw saved one attempt for 4.90 m but missed, and then Stefanidi missed.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
When Morris and Sidorova cleared on their first attempts, Stefanidi saved her two remaining attempts for 4.95 m.  At this height, only three women had ever cleared 4.95 m (16 ft 2+3⁄4 in), one of them Morris who had done it four times. Through the first two rounds of attempts, nobody cleared, eliminating Stefanidi with the bronze. On her final attempt, Morris missed. Then, Sidorova cleared. The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
The final is noted as one of the best finals in the history of the World Championships. Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015. In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 3 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Summary
As the competition was just getting started, defending champion Gong Lijiao put herself into the lead with the only 19 meter throw of the first round 19.07m. Chase Ealey dropped an 18.70m that held up in second until Danniel Thomas-Dodd almost got 19 with her 18.97m. In the second round, Gong improved to 19.42m and Thomas-Dodd also improved to 19.07, 2013 champion Christina Schwanitz took over third with an 18.87m. In the third round, Aliona Dubitskaya tickled the leaders with an 18.86m but that was going to be her best of the day. Re


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Summary
-ordered in the fourth round, Magdalyn Ewen moved into third with an 18.91m, then Gong tossed the winner 19.55 m (64 ft 1+1⁄2 in). Ewen improved 2cm in the fifth round, but then Schwanitz stepped into the ring to let out 19.17m to jump into second place. In the final round, Thomas-Dodd reclaimed the silver with 19.47m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 3 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Summary
Just a month before this event, Yulimar Rojas jumped 15.41m for the #2 mark in history. It was almost half a metre longer than world #2 Shanieka Ricketts. #6 of all time Caterine Ibargüen was also in this competition and has been in that neighborhood in the past, but hadn't jumped over 15 metres since 2016. At 35, she had already set the Masters world record twice this season.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Summary
As the third jumper in the finals, Rickets put her first effort out at 14.81m. The next jumper up was Rojas jumping marginally better with a 14.87m. The next best jumper in the first round was Kimberly Williams with a 14.64m, her personal best. As her second attempt, Rojas landed 15.37 m (50 ft 5 in) (-0.6) meaning into a slight headwind. It was the #4 jump in history, with only Françoise Mbango Etone's winning jump from the 2008 Olympics separating it from her own #2. Game. Set. Match.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Summary
Later in the round, Williams duplicated her personal best and held on to third place until the fifth round, when Ibargüen took the bronze away with a 14.73m. On her third attempt, the crowd was silenced for a moment as Rojas flew beyond the world record, but the jump was ruled a foul as she took off more than half a shoe length beyond the take off board. Inconsequential to the results, Rojas' fourth attempt of 15.18m equaled the #26 jump in history and was the sixth longest ancillary jump in history.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Beach Games
The 2019 World Beach Games, (Arabic: 2019 ألعاب شاطئ العالم) officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was an inaugural international beach multi-sport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees  (ANOC). It was held for five days, 11 to 16 October 2019, in Doha, Qatar, with the opening rounds for certain events being held on 11 October 2019, the day before the opening ceremony on 12 October.


2019 World Beach Games
It had originally been scheduled to be hosted in San Diego, however, on 30 May 2019 it was announced that the Games were being relocated as the host city had not generated sufficient private funds.


2019 World Beach Games
In 14 June 2019, Qatar was announced as the host of the 2019 World Beach Games.


2019 World Beach Games, Host selection
On 30 October 2015, San Diego was unanimously approved as host of the inaugural World Beach Games at the ANOC General Assembly in Washington D.C.. Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.


2019 World Beach Games, Host selection
The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 September 2017, until 9 October 2017. However, in August 2016 they were announced to be postponed to 2019.


2019 World Beach Games, The Games, Sports
The 2019 ANOC World Beach Games featured 14 disciplines in 13 sports (surfing and BMX cycling had also been on the original programme but were removed). All of the events in this edition were non-Olympic events, i.e., different from events in previous Summer Olympic programs, and were gender equal.


2019 World Beach Games, The Games, Sports
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.


2019 World Beach Wrestling Championships
The 2019 World Beach Wrestling Championships was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 7 to 8 September 2019.


2019 World Club Challenge
The 2019 Betfred World Club Challenge was the 27th staging of the World Club Challenge. It was played on 17 February 2019, and featured Super League champions Wigan Warriors, and NRL winners Sydney Roosters.


2019 World Club Challenge
This was the second time these two teams had met in the World Club Challenge, with Sydney claiming a 36–14 victory in 2014. Wigan were aiming to extend their record winning total to five wins, whilst Sydney were aiming to equal Wigan's record with their fourth win, as well as keeping their 100% record in the World Club Challenge intact.


2019 World Club Challenge
Sydney won the match 20–8, thus equalling Wigan's record of 4 wins, and maintaining their 100% record of never losing a world club challenge.


2019 World Club Challenge, Background, Wigan Warriors
After becoming the first team to win every game in the Super 8s, Wigan finished Super League XXIII's regular season in 2nd place. They went on to beat Castleford Tigers 14–0 in the semi-final, and defeated 4th-placed Warrington Wolves, 12–4, in the Grand Final.


2019 World Club Challenge, Background, Sydney Roosters
The Roosters finished the 2018 NRL season in 1st place and won the minor premiership. They then went undefeated through the finals series to claim the 2018 Premiership with a 21–6 win in the 2018 NRL Grand Final over the Melbourne Storm.


2019 World Cup (snooker)
The 2019 Beverly World Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 30 June 2019 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. Hosted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), it was the first event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the 16th edition of the World Cup. The event featured 16 teams of 2 players representing national teams.


2019 World Cup (snooker)
The Chinese team of Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui were the defending champions, having won the 2017 event defeating the English team of Barry Hawkins and Judd Trump 4–3 in the final. Ding and Liang were on different teams for the event, due to China having two sides as hosts. The China B team of Liang and Zhou Yuelong reached the final of the event, where they met the Scotland team of John Higgins and Stephen Maguire. Higgins and Maguire won the event winning the final 4–0. This was the first win in the World Cup for Scotland since the 1996 World Cup. Liang also had the highest break of the event, a 138 in the group stage match against Switzerland.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Tournament overview, Format
The 2019 World Cup was a professional snooker tournament for national pairs. The defending champions were the Chinese team of Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui. The tournament used the same format as that used in 2017 World Cup. The tournament consisted of 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side. The World cup was split into a group stage and a knockout stage. The 24 teams were split into four groups of six teams. The group stages consisted of matches played as best-of-five-frames with four frames of singles, and a frame of doubles. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Knockout Stages, the order being determined by total frames won. If there is a tie in either of the first two places the following rules determine the positions:


2019 World Cup (snooker), Tournament overview, Format
During the knockout stage, matches were played as best-of-seven-frames. The knockout matches were scheduled as four singles matches and two doubles matches with the final frame being a singles match, with participants nominated by each team.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Tournament overview, Prize fund
The total prize fund for the event totalled $800,000, with the winning team receiving $200,000.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Tournament overview, Participants
The tournament was made up of 24 pairs of players representing individual nations. China, who had won the event in both the last three events, in 2017 and 2015 and 2011 were allocated two places due to being hosts. Below is the list of teams and players participating.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Summary, Group stage
The group stages for the event was played from 24 to 28 June 2019. Group A featured defending champions Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao representing China A, who won four of their five matches. The pair lost one match to the Thailand team of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Noppon Saengkham. The Chinese pair finished the group as the leaders, winning 19 of the 25 total frames. In second, the Thailand team had 15 frames won ahead of Norway and Poland with 11. England won all four of five their matches in group B 3–2 to win the group with 17 frames. In the final match of the group, Iran and Hong Kong met with the winner progressing. The Hong Kong pair of Andy Lee and Cheung Ka Wai won the match 3–2 to progress.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Summary, Group stage
Both the Belgian team of Luca Brecel and Ben Mertens and the Scottish team of John Higgins and Stephen Maguire were assured of progressing to the quarter-finals after winning their first four matches in group C. In the dead rubber match, Belgium won 3–2 to top the group on head-to-head record. They both finished eight points ahead of the Israeli team in third.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Summary, Group stage
In group D, the Welsh team of Mark Williams and Ryan Day won the most frames of any team during the group stage, completing a whitewash over Switzerland and dropping a single frame in the other four matches. They qualified ahead of China B who completed three whitewashes of their own.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Summary, Knockout stage
The quarter-finals of the tournament were held 29 June, as the first to four frames. The China A team won their match with Hong Kong 4–0, whilst China B defeated Belgium 4–2. Scotland made an early 3–1 lead over Wales, but Williams won frame five and Wales won a doubles frame to force a deciding frame. Maguire won the frame with a break of 59 over Day. England and Thailand also went to a deciding frame, despite Noppon Saengkham missing frame ball in the sixth to win the match, with Wilson then getting a fluke. In the decider, Jack Lisowski beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh to win the match 4–3.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Summary, Knockout stage
The semi-finals and final were both played on 30 June. Defending champions China A were defeated by Scotland 1–4, whilst the China B side defeated England on a deciding frame 4–3. The final was played between Maguire and Higgins representing Scotland and Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo representing China B and was refereed by Jan Scheers. The Scotland team took the match by winning the first four frames, with neither team making a break of above 50. This was Scotland's first win at the event since the 1996 World Cup also won by Higgins alongside Stephen Hendry and Alan McManus. After the final, Maguire commented that he had "never felt nerves like that in any professional match" due to representing a team rather as a singles competitor.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Results
The following is the results from the event. Teams listed in bold denote match winners.


2019 World Cup (snooker), Century breaks
There were a total of 17 century breaks made in the tournament. The highest break was made by China B's Liang Wenbo in the third frame of the group stage match against Switzerland. Below is a list of centuries made during the tournament, along with the team they were representing.


2019 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
The 2019 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 11th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Wuxi, China from August 23 to August 25, 2019.


2019 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. Two bronze medals were awarded at the competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Iran won the gold medal in men's competition while China won the remaining events.


2019 World Cup of Pool
The 2019 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 13th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 25 to 30 June 2019. As host nation, Great Britain were allowed to enter two teams in the draw.


2019 World Cup of Pool
The Austrian team of Mario He and Albin Ouschan won the event, defeating Carlo Biado and Jeff de Luna of the Philippines, 11–3 in the final. This was the Austrian pairs second title in three years, having also won the event in 2017. The pair had also reached the final in the 2018 event, losing just one game in three years.


2019 World Cup of Pool, Teams
Each competing nation features two players, with the hosts, Great Britain, receiving two places. The competing teams were made of the players below:


2019 World Draughts Championship
The 2019 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts  was held from September 15 to October 3, 2019, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast under the auspices International Draughts Federation FMJD. Twenty players were competing in the tournament, which play as a round-robin. The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 euros.


2019 World Draughts Championship
World Champion 2016 and 2018 Roel Boomstra will not play in the World Championship.


2019 World Draughts Championship
With his title Alexander Georgiev became World Draughts Champion for the tenth time, equaling Alexei Chizhov.


2019 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations
The games were played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point each players.


2019 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations
The final classification was based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:


2019 World Fencing Championships
The 2019 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Saitama, Japan, from March 18–24, 2019.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Age and minimum TES requirements
Skaters are eligible for the 2019 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2018 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Age and minimum TES requirements
Due to the difference in the rules for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, the required minimum scores have been adjusted separately for scores reached in the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 season.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2018 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in January 2019. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on February 25, 2019.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Short program
Nathan Chen finished first after the short program, with his American teammate Jason Brown finishing in second place. Chen was satisfied with his performance, saying, "There are always things I can do better, things I can improve on but ultimately everything I did, I did as best as I could and I hope to continue that into the free program". Brown's short program, despite not having any quad jumps in comparison to his competitors, has been praised as one of the best short programs of the season.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Short program
After moving to Toronto in the off-season, Brown reflected on his new found maturity, noting, "There's a bit of confidence, a maturity confidence. As far as the skating goes, there's still a lot of changes that we have to make, but as the season's gone on, I've gotten a lot more confidence. I think it's a sense of maturity, the way that I'm carrying myself." Two-time Olympic and World Champion Yuzuru Hanyu, rounded out the top 3 despite doubling his quad salchow attempt.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Short program
While commenting about his performance at the press conference Hanyu expressed his surprise of being awarded third place, despite missing the second half of the season due to an injured ankle, "I'm disappointed with my short program, I made a big mistake and I've got to reform and improve for the free skate, but I'm honoured to be in the top three." Four Continents Bronze Medallist Vincent Zhou finished in fourth, European bronze medallist Matteo Rizzo was fifth, while Four Continents champion, Olympic silver medallist and two-time defending silver medallist Shoma Uno completed the top six.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Free skate
Chen maintained the lead he gained in the short program, becoming the first American male skater to defend a World Title since Scott Hamilton in 1984. He finished 22 points ahead of Hanyu, who became the first skater to break the 200-point mark since the introduction of the +5 GOE system, marking the fifth consecutive year of a Japanese skater winning the silver medal.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Free skate
Hanyu was called for an under-rotation and uneasy landing on his quad salchow, missed half of the season due to a lingering ankle injury and was proud of his performance despite not having enough strength in his ankle. Zhou's bronze medal was his first major ISU Championship senior medal, making himself and Chen the first two American men to make the world championship podium since 1996.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Free skate
After breaking the free skate world record at Four Continents, Uno's fourth-place finish was a shock to the home crowd—with a fall on his quad flip, an under-rotation on a combination jump and incomplete landing call on his opening quad salchow—was notably in tears when speaking to Japanese media stating feelings of regret and disappointment. When reflecting on his season, Uno was upset at his performance "If I recall, there are more competitions that I got disappointed over joyful ones in this season, [...] Overall, I am still disappointed in myself. I need to become much stronger mentally."


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Men, Free skate
Jin Boyang finished in fifth with two triple Axels and a big cheer from the crowd, with his performance component score bringing down his marks. Despite a second-place finish in the short program, Brown could not maintain his lead and dropped to ninth overall after a messy free skate, including a fall on his quad salchow, although was positive about his incredible improvement throughout the season. Kevin Aymoz suffered an injury to his hands after cutting them when trying to save a jump gone wrong, resulting in blood dripping on the ice.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ladies, Short program
2018 Olympic gold medallist Alina Zagitova took the lead in the short program, ahead of home crowd favourite and Japanese national champion Kaori Sakamoto who achieved a personal best score after performing a near perfect triple flip-triple toe-loop combination. Zagitova mentioned that she was nervous before beginning her program as she had experienced several mistakes and errors throughout the season, although stated that she felt more mentally prepared in comparison to the rest of her season.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ladies, Short program
Sakamoto was pleased with her performance, "I was able to execute everything as I did in practice and will aim to do that again in the free skate." Zagitova's training partner Elizabet Tursynbaeva, surprised both critics and the crowd to finish in third. After a rocky season, two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva finished fourth by achieving a seasons best for a short program that was first performed in December, receiving a standing ovation from the Japanese crowd despite an under-rotation call on her triple toe-loop.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ladies, Short program
Short program world record holder and Grand Prix Final champion, Rika Kihira finished in seventh after singling her triple Axel attempt. 2017 World bronze medallist and 2018 Olympic Team Champion Gabrielle Daleman made her return to international competition after taking personal leave for mental health reasons, finishing in 11th despite skating clean.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ladies, Free skate
Zagitova took first in the free skate to win her first world title, becoming the first female skater since Yuna Kim to complete a Career Grand Slam after silver medal finishes at the Grand Prix Final and Europeans. When speaking to the media Zagitova stated "I realized that I needed a clean skate and I went into each jump determined to land it". Tursynbaeva became the first senior woman to land a quad jump, completing a clean quad salchow in the free skate to take silver for Kazakhstan, their first in any discipline since Denis Ten in 2015.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ladies, Free skate
Tursynbaeva couldn't believe she landed her quad after falling in her previous two attempts in competition. Medvedeva narrowly beat Kihira for the bronze by a tenth of a mark, despite Kihira beating Medvedeva in the free skate the deficit from the short program it was not enough to change the standings. Kihira's Japanese team mates, short program silver medallist Sakamoto and Satoko Miyahara finished fifth and sixth, respectively, with Sakamoto popping her planned triple-flip which cost her a place on the podium. The judging panel came under scrutiny with Medvedeva not being called for her lutz performed with the wrong edge, with critics and fans criticising a lack of consistency amongst the judging of other skaters, marring the final result.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Pairs, Short program
Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov finished the short program by breaking the world record, competing with their 2018 Olympic short program. In their second competition of the season, 2017 World Champions Sui Wenjing & Han Cong finished in second place, with their training partners and compatriots Peng Cheng & Jin Yang finishing in third. Event favourites Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres struggled with the short program once again, after James accidentally collided with Matteo Guarise in the warm-up that left both athletes shaken.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Pairs, Short program
Guarise was left with bruises on his left hip and pain in his left knee, "I wanted to slow down when I saw Vanessa, I am a big guy and she is so tiny. I didn't want to hurt her." James, who was left uninjured, when discussing the incident with Olympic Channel she noted, "we've had some hard situations but we always push through them."


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Pairs, Free skate
Sui and Han broke the free skate world record to win their second world title in three years, with the skates by the top four considered to be one of the best in recent world championships, with Sui and Han's considered one of the best pairs free skates of all time. Sui discussed the difficulties and challenges they had throughout the season while recovering from ankle surgery, Sui noted to the media "In the short, we performed very well, and as the last to go on today, we knew that if we did well and challenged ourselves, we would win."


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Pairs, Free skate
Although Morozov stumbled his side-by-side jump, he and his partner Tarasova finished in second place, with their compatriots Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert taking a surprising bronze medal after finishing in fourth in the short program. Despite finishing third in the free skate and fifth overall, James and Cipres were frustrated with their performances, with Cipres adding although they were proud of their performance, "we want this title, everybody knows that we can do it, we know that we can do it, and we are going to do it."


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Rhythm dance
Defending world champions Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron completed the Rhythm Dance with a five-point lead over the Russian team of Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov. Papadakis stated that an improvement of their technique training helped them gain the points advantage they wanted going into the free skate, calling their skate "the best performance". Olympic Ice Dance Champion Meryl Davis, praised Papadakis and Cizeron for their performance, calling it "very special, [...] remarkable" and "in a class of their own".


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Rhythm dance
Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin finished in third, leading by 0.01 over Americans and defending silver medallists Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue. Hubbell was positive about their performance as they had improved their technical score, which was their main goal for their performance. The reigning bronze medallists, Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje finished in fifth, with Weaver calling their performance "a magical experience [...] but not perfect". Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen made their first appearance for Canada after competing for Denmark in previous championships, with Sorensen suffering a wardrobe malfunction that placed them in tenth.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Free dance
Papadakis and Cizeron maintained their lead from the Rhythm Dance winning their fourth World Title in five years by finishing eleven points higher overall than silver medallists Sinitsina and Katsalapov, with the French team's only loss being to Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir in 2017.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Free dance
Cizeron was happy with their performance, while Papadakis reflected at the last time the world championships were in Saitama, "we were exactly here five years ago for the worlds in Saitama and it's funny to remember the whole experience we came in this five years, where we were at the time and where we are now". Katsalapov achieved his first major ISU Championship medal since his bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics with previous partner Elena Ilinykh, while it was current partner Sinitsina first overall.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Free dance
Sinitsina and Katsalapov were also the first Russian Ice Dance team to finish on the worlds podium since Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev in 2013. Hubbell and Donohue took the bronze ahead of Stepanova and Bukin, making it the fifth consecutive year of an American Ice Dance team finishing on the podium. Hubbell explained how their partnership had improved throughout the year and the risk to change their program choreography weeks before the world championship, "to be able to skate an emotionally strong performance as well as a technically strong performance, it's what every athlete wants."


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Recap, Ice dance, Free dance
Despite receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, Stepanova and Bukin's technical content was not enough to push them into the top three, missing by two points. Weaver and Poje completed the top five, despite missing the first half of the season, performing a tribute program to late skater Denis Ten.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Controversy, Mariah Bell/Lim Eun-soo collision
During a practice session run-through of American skater Mariah Bell's short program, Bell skated past Korean skater Lim Eun-soo, who was along the baseboards. As Bell approached, her toe-pick scraped the back of Lim's left calf, causing a minor injury. Bell had right-of-way on the ice at the time due to it being her program run-through. Lim's management agency, All That Skate, claimed that the incident was a deliberate attack by Bell on her training teammate in Rafael Arutyunyan's coaching group, while Bell said it was an accident.


2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Controversy, Mariah Bell/Lim Eun-soo collision
Because Bell's music was playing during practice, she had the right-of-way at the time and Lim should have been aware of where Bell was on the ice. ISU released a statement clearing Bell of wrongdoing in the incident. U.S. Figure Skating extended an apology to the Korean Skating Union over the incident.


2019 World Grand Prix
The 2019 Coral World Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 10 February 2019 at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.


2019 World Grand Prix
Judd Trump won his 10th ranking title, beating Ali Carter 10–6 in the final.


2019 World Grand Prix, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2019 World Grand Prix, Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2018 Riga Masters until and including the 2019 German Masters, qualified for the tournament.


2019 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was the 22nd staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 6–12 October 2019 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.


2019 World Grand Prix (darts)
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 5–2 in the 2018 final, and he successfully defended the Grand Prix for the first time, winning the title for the fifth time overall with a 5–2 win against Dave Chisnall in the final.


2019 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players included the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit; the top eight players seeded for the tournament.


2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour.


2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Stewart Anderson won his second open singles title after defeating surprise qualifier Simon Skelton in the final. Julie Forrest of Scotland defeated Alison Merrien of Guernsey to win the women's singles.


2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Alex Marshall and Paul Foster won the open pairs title for the fourth time as a pair and the sixth and fifth time respectively. Robert Paxton and Ellen Falkner won the mixed pairs event.


2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) was the fifth international box lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse every four years. It was held 19-28 September 2019 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The winner of the WILC wins the Cockerton Cup, named for All-American lacrosse player Stan Cockerton.


2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Venues
The competition was hosted in two venues in Langley, BC: the Langley Events Centre and the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre.


2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Teams
A record 20 countries competed in the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. New entrants included Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Mexico and the Netherlands.


2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
The teams were divided into four divisions, with the five highest-ranked teams placed in the Blue Division and the others being split into the Yellow, Green, and Orange Divisions. In the Blue Division, the top two teams advanced to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams entered the quarterfinals and the fifth team was placed in the first round of the championship bracket. The first place teams in the Yellow, Green, and Orange Divisions entered the championship bracket, while the other teams were placed in the placement bracket.


2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
The Canadians won the event, with Iroquois, United States, and England placing second, third, and fourth, respectively.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship
The 2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is the first edition of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation (WJPF). It was held between 28 and 29 September in Valladolid, Spain.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Organisation
The venue for this first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the Cúpula del Milenio.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Organisation
For the Team event, teams of 4 members (also 1 reserve is allowed) make 4 jigsaw puzzles (2 puzzles of 1000 pieces and 2 puzzles of 1500 pieces) in a maximum period of 8 hours, and the fastest team to finish them is the champion. The four members have to do one puzzle and when they finished it they can start the next puzzle.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Organisation
For the Pairs event, 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes, and the fastest pair to finish it win the competition.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Organisation
For the Individual event, each individual participant make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 2 hours, and the fastest to finish it is the champion.


2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Participants
40 countries are represented in the first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.


2019 World Judo Championships
The 2019 World Judo Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 1 September 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg
The Men's +100 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg
The Men's 100 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg
The Men's 60 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 25 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg
The Men's 66 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 26 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg
The Men's 73 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 27 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg
The Men's 81 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg
The Men's 90 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Mixed team
The Mixed team competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg
The Women's +78 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg
The Women's 48 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 25 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg
The Women's 52 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 26 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg
The Women's 57 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 27 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 63 kg
The Women's 63 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg
The Women's 70 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2019.


2019 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg
The Women's 78 kg competition at the 2019 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2019.


2019 World Junior A Challenge
The 2019 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, from December 7–15, 2019, at the EnCana Events Centre.


2019 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2019 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 16 to 23 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia from March 4–10, 2019.


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Minimum TES
The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2018 Junior World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in January 2019. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on February 12, 2019.


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2019 WJC) was the 43rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019. This marked the 13th time that Canada  hosted the WJC.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors. This is the second time that Vancouver has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Victoria has hosted in any capacity.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Officials
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2018 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 Jan 2018, the IIHF announced the groups. With Kazakhstan being promoted from Division I A after winning the  2018 Division I A Tournament.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The preliminary round is a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, three points are allotted for a regulation win, and two points for an overtime or shootout win. One point is allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals while the last-place team from each group will play a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2020, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
The Group A tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 9 to 15 December 2018.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
The Group B tournament was held in Tychy, Poland from 8 to 14 December 2018.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A
The Group A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 13 to 19 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
The Group B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 15 to 21 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The tournament was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 14 to 20 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division IA and the third-tier Division IB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division IIB. For each tier, the team which places first promoted to the next highest division, while the team which places last relegated to a lower division.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The tournaments are a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
Division II A was held in Tallinn, Estonia, while Division IIB was hosted in Zagreb, Croatia.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 13 to 19 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 15 to 21 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of eight teams split into two groups of four. The team that won the Division will be promoted to Division IIB for 2020. It was held from 14 to 20 January 2019.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999. Bulgarian forward Miroslav Vasilev became the all-time leading scorer in Division III play with 42 points.


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between January 25 and 27, 2019 in Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Canada.


2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
The 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 15 to 17 February 2019 in Stadio del Ghiaccio, Baselga di Piné, Italy. They were the 46th World Junior Speed Skating Championships.


2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Korat, Thailand, from 24 November to 1 December 2019.


2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships
The 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 43rd edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Tallinn, Estonia between 12 and 18 August 2019.


2019 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2019 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Kraków, Poland from 16 to 21 July 2019 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course. It was the 21st edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 8th edition for the Under 23 category.


2019 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
A total of 22 medal events took place, 11 in each of the two age categories.


2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (December)
The 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships was held from December 11 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.


2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (January)
The 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships were held from January 2 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.


2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
The 2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 16th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
The 2019 World Mountain Running Championships was disputed in the same place the day before.


2019 World Masters (darts)
The 2019 One80 L-style World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2019. It took place from 23 to 28 October at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, which is the former PDC World Darts Championship stage.


2019 World Masters (darts)
Adam Smith-Neale was the reigning men's champion after defeating Glen Durrant in last year's final by 6 sets to 4, but lost in the Last 128 to Hannes Schnier of Austria. Lisa Ashton was the defending women's champion after defeating Casey Gallagher 4 legs to 2 in last year's women final. She defended her title successfully with a 5 to 4 legs final win over Anastasia Dobromyslova.


2019 World Masters (darts)
John O`Shea won his first major title with a 6 sets to 4 win over Scott Waites. He became the third non-seeded World Master in three consecutive years.


2019 World Masters (darts)
The youth tournaments were won by Keane Barry and Katie Sheldon of the Republic of Ireland.


2019 World Masters (darts)
It was the first time three Irish players won the Singles tournaments of the World Masters.


2019 World Masters (darts)
The tournament was the last World Masters organised by the BDO after the collapse of the organisation in September 2020. Following the tournament, the World Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Masters in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic these plans were pushed back to 2021, and then 2022.


2019 World Masters (darts), Men's seeds
The seedings were finalised on 10 September. For the fourth consecutive year, there were 16 seeds (a decrease from 32 between 2012 and 2015), but with a change from last year, all seeds started playing in the Last 128.


2019 World Masters (darts), Women's seeds
It was announced before the start of the event that the Ladies seeds were to rise from 8 to 16. No reason for the change was given.


2019 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships
The eighth World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships were held in Toruń, Poland, from March 24-30, 2019. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2019 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships
A full range of indoor track and field events were held.


2019 World Matchplay
The 2019 Betfred World Matchplay was the 26th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20–28 July 2019.


2019 World Matchplay
Gary Anderson was the defending champion, after defeating Mensur Suljović 21–19 after extra time in the longest final in the tournament's history. However, he lost 11–8 to Mervyn King in the second round.


2019 World Matchplay
Rob Cross won his first World Matchplay title with an 18–13 win over Michael Smith in the final. He also became just the fourth player in history to win both the PDC World Championship and the World Matchplay.


2019 World Matchplay, Prize money
The prize fund rose from £500,000 to £700,000, with the winner's earnings being up from £115,000 in 2018 to £150,000.


2019 World Matchplay, Format
In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports in 2013, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12-12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.


2019 World Matchplay, Qualification
The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of 30 June 2019 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded.


2019 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2019 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship:


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kevin KoeThird: B.J. NeufeldSecond: Colton FlaschLead: Ben HebertAlternate: Ted Appelman


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Zou QiangThird: Wang ZhiyuSecond: Shao ZhilinLead: Xu JingtaoAlternate: Ba Dexin


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Marc MuskatewitzThird: Daniel NeunerSecond: Ryan SherrardLead: Dominik GreindlAlternate: Benjamin Kapp


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Joël RetornazThird: Amos MosanerSecond: Sebastiano ArmanLead: Simone GoninAlternate: Alberto Pimpini


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yuta MatsumuraThird: Tetsuro ShimizuSecond: Yasumasa TanidaLead: Shinya AbeAlternate: Kosuke Aita


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Wouter GösgensSkip: Jaap van DorpSecond: Laurens HoekmanLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Bart Klomp


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Magnus RamsfjellThird: Michael MellemseterSecond: Jørgen MyranLead: Andreas HårstadAlternate: Steffen Walstad


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sergey GlukhovThird: Artur AliSecond: Dmitry MironovLead: Anton KalalbAlternate: Evgeny Klimov


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Bruce MouatThird: Grant HardieSecond: Bobby LammieLead: Hammy McMillan Jr.Alternate: Ross Whyte


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Lee Jeong-jae Second: Hwang Hyeon-jun Lead: Jeong Byeong-jin Alternate: Lee Dong-hyeong


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Rasmus WranåLead: Christoffer SundgrenAlternate: Daniel Magnusson


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Benoît SchwarzThird: Sven MichelSkip: Peter de CruzLead: Valentin TannerAlternate: Claudio Pätz


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : John ShusterThird: Christopher PlysSecond: Matt HamiltonLead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Korey Dropkin


2019 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more than one host country. It was also the first time a unified Korean team participated.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship
Denmark, in a clean sweep, won their first title by defeating Norway 31–22 in the final. This was Norway's second final in a row and the first final since 1995 between two nations who had not won before. France captured the bronze medal after a 26–25 win over Germany.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship
The tournament set a new spectator record with 906,283, helped by the fact that there were two home teams. Biggest number of spectator at single events was 19,250 at Germany's matches in the main round.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process
Denmark/Germany presented a bid and were up against competitors from Poland and Slovakia/Hungary. The International Handball Federation announced on 28 October 2013 that Denmark/Germany would be awarded the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Format
This edition saw a format change back to the one used in 2011. The 24 teams were split into four groups, in which the first three teams qualified for the main round. The bottom three teams of each group played the Presidents' Cup to determine the positions from 13 to 24. In the main round, the 12 teams were split into two groups. Their points from the preliminary round against the other qualified team were carried over, and the best two placed teams in each main round group qualified for the semifinals, while the third- and fourth ranked teams played placement matches. From the semifinals on, a knockout system was used.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Venues
Following is a list of all venues and host cities which was used. All venues have a capacity of more than 10,000 spectators. The final was held in Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw took place on 25 June 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding
The seedings and draw procedure were announced on 22 June 2018.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round
The provisional schedule was confirmed on 28 June 2018 and the final schedule was announced on 31 October 2018.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Main round
Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Final ranking
Places 1–8 and 13–24 were decided by play–off or knock–out. Teams finishing fifth in the main round are ranked 9th to 10th and teams ranked sixth are ranked 11th and 12th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Final ranking
Jannick Green, Simon Hald, Henrik Toft Hansen, Jóhan Hansen, Lasse Svan Hansen, Mikkel Hansen, Rene Toft Hansen, Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Mads Mensah Larsen, Hans Lindberg, Nikolaj Markussen, Casper Ulrich Mortensen, Henrik Møllgaard, Nikolaj Øris Nielsen, Morten Olsen, Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, Anders ZachariassenHead Coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads
Age, club, appearances and goals correct as of 10 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Brazil
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 20-player squad was revealed on 16 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 3 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, France
A 20-player squad was revealed on 10 December 2018. The final squad was revealed on 8 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Germany
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 18-player squad was revealed on 21 December 2018. The final squad was revealed on 6 January, Tobias Reichmann and Tim Suton were excluded from the squad.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Korea
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. The final team was announced on 18 December 2018, with sixteen players from South Korea and four North Korean players joined the team on 22 December 2018 and formed a single team with a total of 20 players.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Russia
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 21-player squad was revealed on 24 December 2018. On 3 January the squad was reduced to 19 players. The final sqad was announced on 9 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Serbia
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 21-player squad was revealed on 31 December 2018. The final squad was revealed on 8 January 2019. Nemanja Zelenović and Vladimir Cupara were replaced by Milan Milić and Dejan Milosavljev on 14 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Bahrain
A 18-player squad was announced on 27 December 2018. On 7 January, Ali Abdulqader was excluded from the squad due to an injury.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Croatia
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 19-player squad was revealed on 17 December 2018. On 1 January 2019, four players were excluded and five players were added. On 2 January, Josip Božić Pavletić was replaced by Ivan Vida due to an injury. On 5 January Damir Bičanić was added to the squad. On 6 January Filip Ivić and Luka Šebetić were excluded from the squad. The final squad wes announced on 8 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Iceland
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 21-player squad was revealed on 20 December 2018. On 1 January the squad was reduced to 17 players. On 9 January the final squad was revealed, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson was excluded from the squad due to injury and replaced with Bjarki Már Elísson.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Japan
A 21-player squad was revealed on 11 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 17 December 2019. Motoki Sakai was replaced by Ryosuke Sasaki on 26 December.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Macedonia
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 22-player team was revealed on 22 December 2018. On 30 December 2018 Tomislav Jagurinovski and Lasko Andonovski were excluded and the squad was reduced to 20 players. The final squad was announced on 9 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Spain
A 19-player squad was announced on 17 December 2018. On 29 December 2018, Abel Serdio and Sergey Hernández were discarded from the squad.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Austria
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 18-player squad was revealed on 27 December 2018. On 6 January, Alexander Hermann was excluded from the squad due to an injury.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Denmark
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 19 December 2018. On 21 December 2018 Niclas Kirkeløkke was replaced by Martin Larsen because of an injury. On 2 January Hans Lindberg was replaced by Jóhan Hansen because of an injury. The same change was made on 12 January.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Norway
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. The squad was reduced to 18 players on 14 December 2018. On 4 January 2019, it was announced that Kent Robin Tønnesen had to withdraw from the squad due to an injury, and was replaced by Harald Reinkind. On 14 January, Henrik Jakobsen replaced Petter Øverby in the squad. On 21 January, Øverby was added back in the squad and replaced Kevin Gulliksen.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Saudi Arabia
A 22-player squad was announced on 27 November 2018. The final squad was announced on 2 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Tunisia
A 18-player squad was revealed on 12 December 2018. A 17-player squad was revealed on 21 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2018.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Angola
A 19-player squad was announced on 20 November 2018. The final squad was announced on 28 December 2018.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Egypt
A 17-player squad was revealed on 28 November 2018. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Hungary
A 28-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. A 21-player squad was revealed on 18 December 2018. It was reduced to 18 players on 30 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 8 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Qatar
A 19-player squad was revealed on 18 December 2018. The final squad was announced on 5 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Sweden
A 18-player squad was announced on 10 December 2018. On 27 December 2018 the squad was reduced to 17 players because Philip Henningsson was excluded from the squad due to injury. Hampus Wanne was included on 14 January 2019.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, in Denmark and Germany, was contested in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 teams that did play this tournament but was not already qualified and failed to qualify through it.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
In the first round of qualification, 23 teams not participating at the European Championship were split into six groups; the group winners advanced to the second round, joining the 12 European finalists not already qualified for the 2019 World Championships (Denmark and Germany has qualified as hosts, France has qualified as defending champions and Spain has qualified as the European Champion). These 18 teams then were paired to play a two-legged playoff tie to determine the nine remaining World Championship qualifiers from Europe.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification stage 2
The draw took place on 27 January at 16:00 in Zagreb, Croatia. All stage 1 winners and three worst placed teams from European Championship were unseeded at the draw.


2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification stage 2, Overview
The first legs were played on 8 to 10 June and the second legs on 12 to 14 June 2018.


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship
The 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from 12 to 19 October in Aberdeen, Scotland.


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship
In the final, Canada's Colin Kurz defeated Germany's Andy Kapp 6-5. It was Canada's second consecutive title at the World Mixed, having won in 2018. It was also Germany's first spot on the podium, having never made it past the quarterfinals in past years.


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Josep GarciaThird: Ana ArceSecond: Valentin OrtizLead: Lisa Anne Fowler


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sergio Mitsuo VilelaThird: Alessandra BarrosSecond: Marcio RodriguesLead: Samanta Yang


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : John WilsonThird: Ailsa AndersonSecond: Craig WhyteLead: Niamh Begley Luke


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Fabio SolaSkip: Denise PimpiniSecond: Julien Michele GenreLead: Sara Aliberti


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tijani ColeThird: Susana ColeSecond: Harold Woods IIILead: Carolay Cole-Strehlow


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Wilhelm NæssSkip: Ingvild SkagaSecond: Harald Skarsheim RianLead: Eirin Mesloe


2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, Playoffs
Once group play has finished the top three teams from each group, as well as the best fourth place team, will proceed to a four round playoff. The playoff teams will be seeded based on their final ranking within their group as well as their Draw Shot Challenge score.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held in Stavanger, Norway from April 20 to 27, 2019. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships. A record forty-eight nations competed in the event, including Kosovo, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine competing in their first World Curling Federation events.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2019 edition was the last with open entry. The top sixteen teams in the competition, in addition to qualifying for the playoffs, qualified for the 2020 World Championship. The remaining four spots will be awarded at the new World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin standings
The top two teams in each group qualify for the playoffs.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin standings
Rankings are determined by head-to-head record, where applicable, then DSC within their group.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin standings, Ranking of third-placed teams
Of the six teams placing third in their respective groups, the four with the lowest Draw Shot Challenge score will qualify for the playoffs.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event
The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event was held from December 2 to 7 at the Greenacres Curling Club in Howwood, Scotland. It was the inaugural qualification event for the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which was previously an open entry event.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event
The tournament was open to any World Curling Federation member not already qualified for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with the top four teams from this event qualifying to play in the Championship in Kelowna, Canada. The four teams that qualified were Germany, Italy, South Korea and China.


2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, Round robin standings
The top two teams in each group qualify for the playoffs.


2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 9 September 2019.


2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 59th edition of the championships, and the 23rd in which the men's and women's events have been combined, the individual competitions also operate as a direct qualification event for the Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, with three quota places available in each event


2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, Olympic qualification
The individual events at the 2019 Championships doubled as a direct Olympic Games qualifier event. The following athletes achieved qualification for the Modern pentathlon event in Tokyo 2020 by achieving a top three finish in their respective individual event:


2019 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2019 World Mountain Running Challenge was the 35th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2019 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships was disputed in the same place the day after.


2019 World Open (snooker)
The 2019 World Open (also known as the 2019 Yushan World Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 28 October and 3 November 2019 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. This was the 2019 edition of the World Open, which was first held in 1982. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2019–20 season and the third tournament of the season to be held in China. The event featured a prize fund of £772,000 with the winner receiving £150,000.


2019 World Open (snooker)
Mark Williams was the defending champion, having won the 2018 event, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams did not enter this year's tournament. The two finalists were Judd Trump and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, after Trump defeated John Higgins and Un-Nooh defeated Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals by the same 6–5 scoreline. Trump won the tournament, for his 13th ranking event title, defeating Un-Nooh 10–5 in the final. Trump also compiled the tournament's highest break, scoring a 144 in the third frame of his first-round victory over Sam Craigie.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament format
The 2019 World Open was a professional snooker tournament held at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China between 28 October and 3 November 2019. This was the 2019 edition of the World Open tournament, the first having been held in 1982 as the 1982 Professional Players Tournament. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2019/20 snooker season following the English Open and preceding the Northern Ireland Open. It was played as the best-of-9-frames until the semi-finals, which were best-of-11-frames, followed by a best-of-19-frames final. The event featured 64 participants from the World Snooker Tour with a single qualifying round. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and World Snooker organised the World Open.